Everglades 455 CC, Owner'S Manual

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Electrical System
Batteries and Battery Switches
Quad engine boats are equipped with 8 batteries.
One battery for each engine and four batteries wired
in parallel for the house, generator, and electronics
circuits. If your boat is equipped with the optional
bow thruster, it will be equipped with an additional
battery and switch dedicated to that system.
There is a remote activated battery switch for the
engine batteries, house circuits and the optional bow
thruster. There are also remote activated emergency
parallel relays. The remote battery switches are acti-
vated by special switches in the AC panel in the cabin.
The bow thruster battery switch is activated when the
thruster joystick control is energized. Each battery
switch has a manual override that can activate (en-
able) or deactivate (disable) the switch if the remote
switch or relay fails. The manual override is a yellow
knob on each switch that can be pressed to manually
activate the switch or rotated to reactivate remote
activation of the switch or to lockout the switch in the
OFF position when servicing the electrical system.
The normal operating position for each switch is the
“Enabled” Position. Refer to the instructions printed
on each switch and/or the battery switch operation
manual for additional information on the remote
activated switches.
House Batteries in Mezzanine Compartment
The engine main and auxiliary charging systems con-
trol the charging of the engine and house or optional
bow thruster batteries whenever the engines are
operating. The engine batteries can be temporar-
ily connected in parallel by the emergency parallel
switch on the cabin AC panel to provide additional
starting current for the engines. The batteries are
also charged by the battery chargers when plugged
into shore power or when running the generator.
The engine charging systems manage the charging
current for the 12 volt system whenever the engines
are running. The systems automatically sense the
condition of each battery and direct available current
to the batteries that require charging.
When the engines are started, the engine alternators
start to recharge the batteries. The charging circuits
sense the charge and it is split between the batteries,
with the lowest batteries receiving the most charge.
When the engines are turned off, charging stops and
the sensing circuits disconnect the batteries from the
charging circuits, thereby automatically isolating the
batteries from one another.
When in port or at anchor, the engine battery
switches should be off. Only the battery switch that
activates the House circuit and generator should be